Network name: AdaptNet Scope: Global Geographic region: Global Central Coordinator Location - City: Oxford Central Coordinator Location - Country: UK Principal focus: Critical thinking Organization type: Mixed Year started: 2009 Short description*: Major initiative on climate change adaptation is weADAPT platform, developed with partners to share tools, methods and experiences to support adaptation, and to link people together with others doing interesting work (Google Earth interface). Interested in transformations and tipping points in social systems, and the Economics of Adaptation. Focus and description*: This website includes a network of users and knowledge partners sharing information on various projects and initiatives. Content is enriched by state-of-the-art semantic and search technologies. Goes beyond sharing knowledge - this release not only makes our collective knowledge linked and integrated in meaningful ways that were not previously possible, but also completely dynamic and responsive to needs and interests. Funding Source: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Oxford Contact details: Ruth Butterfield ruth.butterfield@sei.se +44 1865 426316 Role: Interim Director SEI Oxford Centre: Oxford Dr Ruth Butterfield,interim Director of SEI Oxford Email: ruth.butterfield@sei.se Website: http://www.weadapt.org/wiki/Overview_of_major_climate_adaptation_intitiatives_and_networks

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